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Texas Power Podcast

The Texas Power Podcast is a production of Renewable Energy World and Clarion Energy. Host Doug Lewin, founder of the consulting firm Stoic Energy, guides listeners through the complicated world of Texas energy, focusing on how to build a more reliable, cleaner electric grid. Lewin will provide analysis on the 2021 blackouts during Winter Storm Uri, Texas energy policy, clean energy, energy efficiency, demand response, distributed energy resources, transmission infrastructure, and much more. The Texas Power Podcast aims to serve an audience of energy professionals, policymakers, and academics, but will also be accessible to a general audience by explaining key topics and acronyms. Subscribe today! And be sure to check out Renewable Energy World's solar industry podcast, Factor This! Connect with Doug Lewin on Twitter: @douglewinenergyFor sponsorship inquiries, please email john.engel@clarionevents.com

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Pat Wood on Texas grid reform and George W. Bush’s aha moment on renewables

September 29, 2022 • Renewable Energy World • Season 1 • Episode 1

Texas is tackling an energy market redesign not seen in decades. The freeze and subsequent outages from Winter Storm Uri in 2021 left hundreds dead and millions without power. The storm's aftermath also sparked a debate over how to make the ERCOT grid more resilient in the face of extreme weather events and a changing energy mix.

On Episode 1 of the Texas Power Podcast, host Doug Lewin is joined by Pat Wood, former chairman of both the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Public Utility Commission of Texas. He helped deliver former Texas Gov. George W. Bush's deregulation agenda in the 1990s.

Doug's conversation with Pat Wood covered the state's market redesign efforts, the enabling technologies that can support grid resilience, and the moment when then-governor Bush was first drawn to renewables.

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